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Subject: My Life With Dyslexia

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mark kane

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Date Posted: 05:40:43 03/29/10 Mon

My Life With Dyslexia
When I was 5yrs old I lived in Northbrook IL and went to West Northfield School.(now under a new name and new building) I had a hard time and that was the first school that I was kept behind. Later we moved to Stanford Conn. Where I went to a Montessori school this was a school where the kids can learn at there own speed and not have to worry about the kids being ahead or behind them. I left that school when I was 13yrs.
Then I was over in Europe lived in Belgium for 5yrs and for two of those years I went to a boarding school in England for kids with dyslexia. Then in 1971 I came back to Ill and went to high school @ Oak Park Riverforest. I was in special Ed, each day after school I would go to another school for dyslexic, one of them was for crawling, (There is a right way to crawl.) This teaches your brain to work with your body in the right way. The other school was for your motor skills. First you would start with some exercises while being blindfolded, so you could not see what the other kid next to you was doing. The next thing was the balance beam while still being blindfolded you has to walk on it, sounds easy but it is not. Then we would have to go stand in front of the caulk- board and do some things with your right & left hand. The first class for crawling was 1hr the 2nd class was 2hrs. I did this for three years, and with out it I would not have gotten my HS diploma. I am now 55yrs old and live in Streamwood IL and have a wife and two boys. I was a garbage man for 18yrs and I still have a hard time being dyslexic but I have learn to find different ways to get to what I want it just takes longer.

I have done a lot of research on dyslexia because one of my sons has ADHD. Come to find out that Dyslexia is the Mother of all learning disabilities; ADHD & ADD etc are all under Dyslexia. That is the only way my son can have ADHD, you are born with it. Someone in the family has to have some form of Dyslexia.

Anyway as I was looking around online about this and read about some schools who claim to help kids with this. Not anyone has ever said anything about going back to where it all started, I mean you have to go back to when you were a baby and learn to crawl the right way. It is all about retraining your brain & body to work together.( at age 16 I was learning how to crawl.) Dyslexic kids are very smart; they just see things in a different way & get from point A to B in a way that is best for them even if it takes longer. Another thing is a glass of water, you may say the glass is half full, they will say it is half empty. Both are right we just see it in another way. Reading is also hard (left-To-right is the correct way) dyslexic kids will be all over the page and put words in it. That is because they did not learn to crawl the right way, so there brain has a hard time with Right & Left. Dyslexic kids are 90% hands on & picture minded. I much rather look at a picture menu than read one. If you show us what to do we can pick it up faster than just telling us. We are visual people, If we don�t see it, We don�t get it. I can look at someone for 10mins and tell you he or she is or is not dyslexic. If you do not have dyslexia you will never know all about it like we do.

All I have is a HS diploma (no masters or bachelors degree) but I would love to teach the classes that I went to. I really believe you have to go back before you can go forward. I though about getting a grant and starting my own school but being dyslexia it is like hitting a brick wall.(I don�t know where or how to start). But I still may look into it because I can not do a class with 30 + kids. I was thinking two classes am-pm 10 kids per/ class.
As it picked up I would take on some help. Is there anyone out there who wants to take a chance for our kids and hire me?( Not one on one in home)

That is about it for now, I just wanted to share some of my life with people who have dyslexia and maybe some parents who are looking to try something else for there kids. Please feel free to use my e-mail.

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Mark W Kane
e-mail--- markane502@comcast.net

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[> Subject: Re: My Life With Dyslexia
Author: Debbie rodery [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 07:46:33 04/05/10 Mon Hi Mark, My name is Debbie Rodery and I'm working on a research paper for my Masters's in Guidance Counseling. My paper is on Dyslexia. Would you mind if I quote some of your concerns as an adult with Dyslexia in my paper? Thank you for your consideration. Debbie

[> Subject: Re: My Life With Dyslexia
Author: Leroy (tired) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 20:56:55 04/06/10 Tue Thanks for Sharing your story here. You give great insights into dyslexia. I teach sport at the local pcyc and have come across lots of kids suffering from similiar issues. Your info helps me in understanding their issues Leroy